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Indoor Plants and their Benefits
Indoor Plants
As you know indoor plants are the plants that are kept inside of a house like living room, bedroom, kitchen etc. They are also sometimes called room or house plants. In this hub we will look into some common types of them and some of their benefits.
Common Indoor Plants
Here is a list of the common names of 14 common indoor plants:
Braided Ficus Tree
Ponytail Palm
Angel Ivy Ring Topiary
Chamaedorea Palm
Chinese Evergreen
Moth Orchid, Novelty Stripes
Spider plant
Rubber plant
Bamboo Palm
Bismark Palm
Cactus Combo Bonsai
Tropical Combo Bonsai
Lucky bamboo
Peace lily
Why are they Important
12 benefits of indoor plants are:
Absorb harmful substances from the air around them.
Keep up the atmospheric humidity levels which are quite necessary.
They have a cooling effect.
Indoor plants tend to reduce stress levels.
Encourage a better performance
Dampen sounds, thus reducing sound pollution and increase concentration level if you are
working by reducing noise.
These plants help add color to the environment.
They provide cleaner air.
Help in reduction of absenteeism in the workplace is one of the benefits of indoor plants.
They provide a faster recovery from mental tiredness
Increased positive feelings due to indoor plants.
They reduce feelings of anxiety, anger and sadness as well.
Poisonous Indoor Plants
Some indoor plants can be poisonous. So if you have pets or children at your place, then these toxic plants given below are not for you. If you still want to keep them in your house then please place them out of the reach of your pets and children. Here is a list of commonly kept poisonous indoor plants.
Aloe Vera
Caladium
Chinese Evergreen
Croton
Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum)
Azaleas
Fishtail Palm
Lucky Bamboo
Peace Lily
Pothos
Philodendron
Crown of Thorns
English Ivy
Dumb Cane
Sago Palm
Snake Plants (Mother-in Law's Tongue)
Comments
Why is mother in laws tounge a poisonous indoor plant? this is the first place i have read to say it is poisonous, it is a great indoor plant!
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Thanks for stopping by Becky!
Great hub, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks creative!
Great article, I love aloe vera plants, but I didn't realize that they were poisonous. Thanks for the info.
thanks for the tips, i was looking for an indoor plant so ill take some of your tips
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Yup, certain plants will survive without care, others won't. Thanks for commenting. :)
I do best with plastic plants, but I have a few live ones too. They survive despite my lack of care :)
But I have a fun square foot garden out back.
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Yea, I know that plant, in fact had one a few months back. Yup, maybe this is one Dohn means. BTW Emievil I didn't read your comment till the end and started writing the reply and was about to write: "maybe this is what Dohn means" when read that you have already said that. :)
Thanx, for commenting bingskee. :)
We have indoor plants right now. My mother insisted on it :). We have what we call the "fortune plant" - it's actually a small bamboo plant that is said to be a lucky one. Maybe this is what dohn means?
beautiful hub!
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Ethel, plants are always so lovable. Thanx for commenting.
Dohn, thanx for the comment. Maybe if you describe it a bit to us, we can figure out which plant it is. :)
I got one called "Lucky." I have no idea what it is as it was a gift a Chinese Take-Out restaurant I used to frequent. Thanks, UH.
I have always had quite a few indoor plants. Love them
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